Who Cares if Others Sign Copenhagen or Not!
on Nov 16, 2009In response to yesterday's post, the argument was made that Canada should not accept restrictions on carbon emissions until other significant polluters do so. This argument asserts that we cannot hurt our economy, as binding restrictions would, if th...

The Climate Won't Wait Until 2050
on Nov 15, 2009On Friday, on CBC's new show Power and Politics, Jim Prentice was interviewed about many things, especially the conflict between economic growth and environmental sustainability. Prentice made it clear that even a .3% decrease in economic growth unti...

Canada's Forces More Important than the Charter?
on Nov 13, 2009The new citizen guide for immigrants released today by the government reflects a new and somewhat distressing view of Canada. In the new document, great emphasis is put on Canada's military history and the importance of the Queen. This instead of suc...

Against an Elected Senate (my article for the school newspaper)
on Nov 9, 2009In the last few years there have been numerous calls for an elected Senate in Canada. In fact, this was one of the planks of Stephen Harper’s successful campaign in the 2006 federal election. This movement asserts that an appointed Senate is undemo...

Public to Blame for Health Minister's Failures?
on Nov 3, 2009The Health Minister, Leona Aglukkaq, lays the blame for shortages on the public's doorstep. It is the public's panic, according to the minister, that has caused shortages and the vaccine not being distributed to the target groups. However, the same p...

The Ridiculous Tory Defence on Partisan Advertising
on Oct 30, 2009When David McGuinty stood in the House today and asked pointedly why the Conservatives had devoted 12 times more money to pseudo government, but really partisan, advertising, than to H1N1 awareness campaigns, John Baird offered up what I believe he t...

Conservatives Render Question Period a Disgrace
on Oct 28, 2009If you happen to look at Question Period, or even read summaries provided by the news sources, if you are not an ultra partisan Conservative, you become aware of one thing: Conservative replies seldom answer the question. In Fact, they are giving a g...

Canada's Changing Under our Noses
on Oct 27, 2009In his recent article in the Macleans, Paul Wells shows how much of what Harper does is in secret, like eliminating state run child care in favour of per child benefits, is changing Canada. He is facing little opposition on many of these issues, the...

Conservatives Rewarding Conservative voters, CBC and G&M prove
on Oct 23, 2009It's been proven. Now, in addition to Liberal Party analysis of stimulus money distribution, the Globe and Mail and the CBC have each done some analysis of their own which supports the Liberal Party's claims. Seems all that bluster on the part of the...

Defending the Indefensible, a Conservative Passtime
on Oct 22, 2009If you read Tim Powers' latest article on the globe's website, you will be duly amazed at his dogged determination to avoid the real matter of the partisan cheque scandal. Just like his favourite PM. To say that the money is public money being payed...